The Hudson Valley Farm Hub’s grain corn trial started last spring when eight varieties of corn were planted as a celebration of cultural heritage and an exploration into growing field corn for human consumption.
The planting took place across five acres in a Farm Hub field along Route 209 between Hurley and Kingston and included sixteen rows of white, yellow, and blue corn varieties together with one heritage Mexican variety. Harvest began in November and could run into December. Post-harvest, Jay Goldmark, field crops production manager, and his team will be examining which varieties fared best and lessons learned from the yield data.
Here is a gallery of photos from the field.
Of the eight corn varieties in the trial was is a heritage Mexican variety. 
The rows of corn are distinct. Some cornstalks stand tall and erect, others carry leaves that are small and wavy and bear an uncanny resemblance to a tuft of short leaves on a pineapple. 
In October Jay Goldmark and Paige Cranfield examine corn cobs. 
Tasseling is the final growth stage of corn before it is ready to be harvested. 
This is an open pollinated blue variety from Green Haven Open Pollinated Seed Group. 
Each tassel represents a kernel. 
Blue, yellow and white represent the eight different varieties of corn in the trial. 
Left, a heritage Mexican variety is in a stage in which it is filling with kernels while the yellow corn on the right is much later in its maturity. 
The purple corn is the Oscar Petersen variety from Johnny’s Selected Seeds and the white is a 116-day Blue River Organic variety.
To learn more about the grain corn trial click aquí.